Excision of the conjugative transposon Tn916 in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2230-2231

  Marra, Diana ^a,b   Smith, Jennifer G ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCISIONASE; INTEGRASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; EXCISION REPAIR; EXPRESSION VECTOR; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032925508     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2230-2231.1999     Document Type: Article

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